Diureticus
/dy-yoo-RET-ih-kus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: diuretica, diureticum
A medicinal epithet indicating the plant has diuretic properties — increasing urine production. Diuretic plants have been used in traditional medicine for conditions from dropsy to kidney stones. Appears as diureticus (masculine), diuretica (feminine), or diureticum (neuter).
Etymology
From Greek diouretikos, meaning "promoting urine," from dia- (through) + ourein (to urinate), from ouron (urine).
Example
“Taraxacum officinale (dandelion — known colloquially in French as pissenlit, literally "wet the bed") and Equisetum arvense are among the best-documented diuretic plants, their epithet recording a specific medicinal action.”